diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index d276331ab8b..8e822af139a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     MAPREDUCE-2836. Provide option to fail jobs when submitted to non-existent
     fair scheduler pools. (Ahmed Radwan via todd)
 
-    MAPREDUCE-3003. Publish Yarn and MapReduce artifacts to Maven snapshot 
-    repository. (tucu)
-
   BUG FIXES
 
     MAPREDUCE-2950. [Gridmix] TestUserResolve fails in trunk. 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
index c032c645193..0f12598fc17 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
index ab004129465..d367a9ead20 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
index 67a8f9976d6..be98eb7cdf9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
index de199f2891a..b9e409cad67 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
index 168302a2b15..ef388fcd86a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
index 0f97a160874..20a27eebd62 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 9ca4fc282b4..2a5cef3cbc9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce</artifactId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
index 86881775247..52fe416f468 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-api</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
index dfdd694d100..406ec436d5a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
index ecd886bb96d..713731004f6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-applications</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index 40441ae78d7..a2f6bbfccab 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-common</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
index 17128699a2e..ed6c3b5a4d1 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-common</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index a252db2443e..558d4a9a987 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index 0946af7111f..d94f5973144 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
index b4fcf9a3baf..e3b44bd0a46 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
index 9997cb22ab8..12d7226c1e5 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
index 51a7de381a0..83d7c29a28f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-site</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-site</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 25480df3af7..051134904cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,9 @@
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
-  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>${yarn.version}</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-yarn</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/mapreduce</url>
@@ -38,19 +32,6 @@
     <install.file>${install.pom}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
-  
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
-      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
-      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
 
   <repositories>
     <repository>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index 38c0f88dffe..2ad5b3dec0f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,9 @@
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
-  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce</artifactId>
-  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/mapreduce/</url>
@@ -42,19 +36,6 @@
     <mr.basedir>${basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
-      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
-      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-  
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>repository.jboss.org</id>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index edf3dee46d1..aa9b43f7fd6 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 -->
 <project>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-main</artifactId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
   <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -26,6 +21,39 @@
   <name>Apache Hadoop Project POM</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
+      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
+      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
+      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
+      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
+  </organization>
+
   <properties>
     <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
@@ -37,13 +65,16 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <!-- These 2 versions are defined here becuase they are used -->
-    <!-- JDIFF generation from embedded ant in the antrun plugin -->
+    <!-- These 2 versions are defined here becuase they are used in the *-docs -->
+    <!-- module(s) for JDIFF generation from embedded ant in the antrun plugin -->
     <hadoop.annotations.version>${project.version}</hadoop.annotations.version>
     <jdiff.version>1.0.9</jdiff.version>
 
     <hadoop.assemblies.version>${project.version}</hadoop.assemblies.version>
 
+    <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName>
+    <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
+
     <commons-daemon.version>1.0.3</commons-daemon.version>
     
     <test.build.dir>${project.build.directory}/test-dir</test.build.dir>
@@ -369,6 +400,11 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -429,6 +465,11 @@
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.6</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.7</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -444,6 +485,11 @@
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.1.2</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
           <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -473,6 +519,44 @@
     </pluginManagement>
 
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <inherited>false</inherited>
+        <configuration>
+          <rules>
+            <requireMavenVersion>
+              <version>[3.0.0,)</version>
+            </requireMavenVersion>
+            <requireJavaVersion>
+              <version>1.6</version>
+            </requireJavaVersion>
+          </rules>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>pre-clean</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>site</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>pre-site</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16fd48d5f60..29adbe95be4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,27 +21,6 @@
   <name>Apache Hadoop Main</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
-      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
-      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
-      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
-      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
-      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -54,11 +33,6 @@
     <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
   </organization>
 
-  <properties>
-    <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName>
-    <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
-  </properties>
-
   <modules>
     <module>hadoop-project</module>
     <module>hadoop-project-dist</module>
@@ -77,6 +51,11 @@
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.0</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2-beta-3</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -129,6 +108,12 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>